(I had this blog drafted up last month, but didn’t finish it. Anyway, here it is.)
In this blog post, let’s say one of the main features of our Project (that has lasted over 1 Year) was Identification Numbers. These Identification Numbers have a certain format so some are easy to identify as invalid.
Derek posted on our team forum if anyone knows if some Identification Numbers were invalid or not. Our Lead Developer saw me looking at the post and he goes “It’s not like he has been on the project a year or so, is it?” and he shakes his head in disgust. I joked “shall we tell him to ask a developer?”, and he said “he should ask a Senior”. Banter.
Recently, I was looking at some Test Cases that Derek had run. Derek is the kind of person to be oblivious to a lot of things, and I’m the opposite. So I know that he has no idea that the testing software has a keylogger. If you run the Test Case in a certain way, the software will create a text file and attaches it to the test results. That way, if you come across a bug whilst running the Test Case, you have some reproduction steps of what you clicked and typed. Anyway, in I go, snooping for lols.
“I know this sounds dumb since I have been on this project a year or so, but I don’t know a lot about Identification Numbers”
Derek in an Instant Messaging conversation to a Tester.
Classic Derek. He is incompetent and he definitely knows it.
Stranger Coding Tings 